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单词 set to
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set to

phrasal verbwithsetverb
uk
/set/us
/set/
present participlesetting|past tense and past participleset
UK

(WORK)

tostartworkingordealingwith something in anenergeticanddeterminedway:
干劲十足地开始做；毅然开始
If we all set to, we should beabletofinishthejobin aweek.如果我们都能认真干起来，就能在一星期内完成这项工作。
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Work, working and the workplace
  • act assomething
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
  • assignment
  • bandh
  • be at workidiom
  • grind
  • hoop
  • hot-desking
  • hotelling
  • housekeeping
  • in the line of dutyidiom
  • induction
  • industry
  • moonlight
  • skivvy
  • slave
  • slog
  • slouch
  • spadework
  • undertaking
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Starting and beginning

(FIGHT)

informal
tobegintofight
开始打架
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Fighting
  • a fight to the finishidiom
  • bellicosity
  • blood diamond
  • blow
  • boots on the groundidiom
  • call to arms
  • combat
  • come close to blowsidiom
  • conflict diamond
  • grapple
  • rout
  • scrimmage
  • shootout
  • skirmish
  • stoush
  • tangle
  • tangle withsomeone
  • tilt
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set-to
noun[Cusually singular]
UKinformal
uk
/ˈset.tuː/us
/ˈset.tuː/
ashortargumentorfight:
（短暂的）争吵，打斗
Dadhadabitof a set-towiththeneighboursabouttheirplayingloudmusicall thetime.爸爸因为邻居整天大声放着音乐而和他们发生了一些摩擦。
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Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • contentiousness
  • contretemps
  • ding-dong
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • rhubarb
  • scrap
  • spat
  • squabble
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(Definition ofset tofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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We usually have a party politicalset-toon a subject thought to contain some political mileage.
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I can think of some issues that we could have debated on which we should have had a fair oldset-to.
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There has been a realset-toin the past couple of months about gynaecological beds.
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Then we could have a realset-to.
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This brings us back to the personal question of how we are to do this in the context of a really satisfactoryset-toof work at home.
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